Applications of Evolutionary Computation

EvoCOMNET Contributions.- Detection of DDoS Attacks via an Artificial Immune System-Inspired Multiobjective Evolutionary Algorithm.- Performance Evaluation of an Artificial Neural Network-Based Adaptive Antenna Array System.- Automatic Parameter Tuning with Metaheuristics of the AODV Routing Protocol for Vehicular Ad-Hoc Networks.- WiMAX Network Planning Using Adaptive-Population-Size Genetic Algorithm.- Markov Chain Models for Genetic Algorithm Based Topology Control in MANETs.- Particle Swarm Optimization for Coverage Maximization and Energy Conservation in Wireless Sensor Networks.- Efficient Load Balancing for a Resilient Packet Ring Using Artificial Bee Colony.- TCP Modification Robust to Packet Reordering in Ant Routing Networks.- Solving the Physical Impairment Aware Routing and Wavelength Assignment Problem in Optical WDM Networks Using a Tabu Search Based Hyper-Heuristic Approach.- A Generalized, Location-Based Model of Connections in Ad-Hoc Networks Improving the Performance of Ant Routing.- Using Code Bloat to Obfuscate Evolved Network Traffic.- ABC Supported Handoff Decision Scheme Based on Population Migration.- EvoENVIRONMENT Contributions.- A Hyper-Heuristic Approach for the Unit Commitment Problem.- Application of Genetic Programming Classification in an Industrial Process Resulting in Greenhouse Gas Emission Reductions.- Influence of Topology and Payload on CO2 Optimised Vehicle Routing.- Start-Up Optimisation of a Combined Cycle Power Plant with Multiobjective Evolutionary Algorithms.- EvoFIN Contributions.- A Study of Nature-Inspired Methods for Financial Trend Reversal Detection.- Outperforming Buy-and-Hold with Evolved Technical Trading Rules: Daily, Weekly and Monthly Trading.- Evolutionary Multi-stage Financial Scenario Tree Generation.- Evolving Dynamic Trade Execution Strategies Using Grammatical Evolution.- Modesty Is the Best Policy: Automatic Discovery of Viable Forecasting Goals in Financial Data.- Threshold Recurrent Reinforcement